Junior Database Administrator

Solera Holdings, LLC.; Huddersfield; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

Solera Holdings, LLC. is seeking a Database Administrator (DBA) to help maintain and update our database and ensure client requests are fulfilled within SLAs.

The role combines data management with operational support across multiple client environments in a fast-paced delivery setting. You’ll cleanse large data sets, align formats, run scheduled data refreshes, monitor cron jobs, and produce monthly analytics for CSMs.

Qualifications

• Strong foundation in data administration.
• Experience handling high-volume client data.
• Experience in Database or System Administration.
• Excellent data accuracy and attention to detail.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Ability to work independently and in teams.
• Proficiency with Excel and Office.
• Experience writing and executing SQL queries.
• Willingness to learn PHP for automation.

Responsibilities

• Fulfil day-to-day client and CSM requests in the database environment.
• Cleanse and prepare large volumes of client data, ensuring consistency and readiness for system integration.
• Maintain and update key driver records, including additions, deletions and modifications.
• Reformat and align incoming datasets to match internal outline and spreadsheet structures.
• Plumb in eLearning modules and translations content into VRM system, ensuring accurate data linkage.
• Produce monthly analytics reports for CSMs.
• Monitor and troubleshoot cron jobs, ensuring scripts run on time.
• Run data refreshes for clients across weekly, monthly and ad hoc cycles.
• Diagnose and resolve low-level database issues, conduct backups, maintain security and address data breach exposures.
• Apply client specific Privacy Notices.
• Manage duplicate override requests sent by the MVR team.

Skills

Data Administration

SQL Queries

Excel Proficiency

Client Facing

Independent & Team Player

Tools

SQL Server

PHP

Job description

Solera is a global leader in data and software services that strives to transform every touchpoint of the vehicle lifecycle into a connected digital experience. In addition, we provide products and services to protect life’s other most important assets: our homes and digital identities. Today, Solera processes over 300 million digital transactions annually for approximately 235,000 partners and customers in more than 90 countries. Our 6,500 team members foster an uncommon, innovative culture and are dedicated to successfully bringing the future to bear today through cognitive answers, insights, algorithms and automation. For more information, please visit solera.com.

The Role

The Database Administrator (DBA) Is a critical role for day-to-day operations on maintaining and updating the database and ensuring all client requests can be delivered within the service level agreements (SLAs) that are in place.

What You’ll Do

• Fulfil day-to-day client and CSM requests that require direct updates and interventions within the database environment
• Cleanse and prepare large volumes of client data, ensuring consistency, validity, and readiness for system integration
• Maintain and update key driver records, including additions, deletions and modifications
• Reformat and align incoming datasets to match internal outline and spreadsheet structures, ensuring compliance with expected formatting protocols
• Plumb in eLearning modules and translations content into VRM system, ensuring accurate data linkage and accessibility
• Produce monthly analytics reports for CSMs
• Monitor and troubleshoot cron jobs, addressing failures to ensure critical scripts and automations run successfully and on time
• Run data refreshes for clients across weekly, monthly and ad hoc cycles based on unique and customized client specifications
• Diagnose and resolve low level database issues, conduct routine backups, maintain database security, address potential data breach exposures, configure environments and perform core file maintenance
• Apply client specific Privacy Notices
• Manage duplicate override requests sent by the MVR team

What You’ll Bring

• A strong foundation in Data Administration
• Ability to operate in a high-volume, client facing environment
• Previous experience in a heavy data handling role, ideally within Database or System Administration
• Exceptional attention to detail, ensuring high data accuracy and minimal errors
• Strong communication and collaboration skills
• Ability to function independently while also supporting team work flows
• Proven organisational and coordination capabilities, with the ability to handle multiple concurrent tasks while tracking progress and ensuring accountability
• High IT literacy and solid understanding of relational databases
• Hands-on experience using Microsoft Office applications, highly proficient with Excel
• Demonstrated success in writing and executing SQL Queries
• Basic to intermediate experience in PHP or a strong willingness to learn to support automation and scripting need